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单词 bungling
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bungling


bun·gle

B0551400 (bŭng′gəl)v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.tr. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.n. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
bun′gler n.bun′gling·ly adv.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.bungling - showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"fumbling, incompetent, clumsyunskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
2.bungling - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorsebumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, handless, left-handedmaladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

bungling

adjective incompetent, blundering, awkward, clumsy, inept, botching, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), unskilful, ham-fisted (informal) a bungling burglar
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bungling


  • adj

Synonyms for bungling

adj incompetent

Synonyms

  • incompetent
  • blundering
  • awkward
  • clumsy
  • inept
  • botching
  • cack-handed
  • maladroit
  • ham-handed
  • unskilful
  • ham-fisted

Synonyms for bungling

adj showing lack of skill or aptitude

Synonyms

  • fumbling
  • incompetent
  • clumsy

Related Words

  • unskilled

adj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Synonyms

  • bumbling
  • butterfingered
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • handless
  • left-handed

Related Words

  • maladroit
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